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18 Secrets People In A Long-Term Relationship Won't Tell You

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1. Doing laundry for two is the absolute worst.

2. We have fallen out over the last slice of pizza.

3. We don't spend all night snuggled up spooning.

4. So much flatulence.

5. We know each other's toilet schedules.

6. And have reminded each other to shower.

7. This is how most of our conversations go.

8. We definitely can't remember our actual anniversary.

9. Everything in our apartment has a nickname, and an elaborate origin story.

10. Even we don't know the backstory to some of our inside jokes.

11. Alone time is almost as important as couple time.

12. We seldomly wear trousers at home. But not in a sexy way.

13. There are far fewer PDAs.

14. And at this stage, there is zero pillow talk.

15. We still get panicky when friends and relatives suggest we should "settle down".

16. It's hard to open up to each other sometimes.

17. We get a little bit jealous about each other's exception lists.

18. It has been a long time since we sent a text message like this.

(But we still think it).